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THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES CALLED<br/>
<span class=large>GENESIS</span>
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CHAPTER 48
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Jacob tells of the appearance of God to him in Luz—He adopts Ephraim and Manasseh as his own children—Jacob blesses Joseph—He puts Ephraim before Manasseh—Seed of Ephraim shall become a multitude of nations—Israel shall come again into the land of their fathers.
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And</span> it came to pass after these things, that <i>one</i> told Joseph, Behold, thy father <i>is</i> sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
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And <i>one</i> told <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/48/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Heb. 11: 21.">Jacob</a>, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/48/2b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 47: 31.">strengthened</a> himself, and sat upon the bed.
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And Jacob said unto Joseph, God <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/48/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Ne. 1: 14; 2 Ne. 9: 46; 3 Ne. 4: 32; D&C 76: 106 (106-107); D&C 87: 6; Moses 2: 1; JS-H 1: 29; A of F 11.">Almighty</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/48/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 107: 54; Abr. 2: 6.">appeared</a> unto me at <sup>c</sup><a href="gen/48/3c" mark="c" type="A" title="Gen. 28: 19; Gen. 35: 6; Josh. 18: 13.">Luz</a> in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
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And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/48/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Seed of Abraham.">fruitful</a>, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/48/4b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Promised Lands.">land</a> to thy seed after thee <i>for</i> an everlasting <sup>c</sup><a href="gen/48/4c" mark="c" type="A" title="Gen. 17: 8; Abr. 2: 6.">possession</a>.
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&#182; <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/48/5a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Gen. 48: 5-11 (Appendix).">And</a> now thy two sons, <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/48/5b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Israel, Joseph, People of.">Ephraim</a> and <sup>c</sup><a href="gen/48/5c" mark="c" type="A" title="Deut. 3: 13.">Manasseh</a>, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, <i>are</i> mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
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And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, <i>and</i> shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
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And as for me, when I came from Padan, <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/48/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 35: 19.">Rachel</a> died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet <i>there was</i> but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same <i>is</i> Beth-lehem.
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And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who <i>are</i> these?
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And Joseph said unto his father, They <i>are</i> my sons, whom God hath given me in this <i>place.</i>  And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/48/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 49: 26.">bless</a> them.
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Now the eyes of Israel were <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/48/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 27: 1.">dim</a> for age, <i>so that</i> he could not see.  And he brought them <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/48/10b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 27: 27.">near</a> unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
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And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
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And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
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And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought <i>them</i> near unto him.
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And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid <i>it</i> upon <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/48/14a" mark="a" type="C" title="Zech. 10: 7 (6-12); D&C 109: 60 (60-61); D&C 133: 34; TG Israel, Joseph, People of.">Ephraim</a>’s head, who <i>was</i> the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/48/14b" mark="b" type="D" title="Septuagint: crossing his hands.">guiding</a> his hands wittingly; for Manasseh <i>was</i> the firstborn.
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&#182; And he blessed <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/48/15a" mark="a" type="D" title="Septuagint: them.">Joseph</a>, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/48/15b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Walking with God.">walk</a>, the God which <sup>c</sup><a href="gen/48/15c" mark="c" type="P" title="HEB shepherded; i.e. who was my shepherd.">fed</a> me all my life long unto this day.
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The <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/48/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 32: 29 (24-30).">Angel</a> which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/48/16b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Israel, Joseph, People of; TG Name.">name</a> be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
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And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/48/17a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Hands, Laying on of.">hand</a> upon the head of <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/48/17b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Israel, Blessings of.">Ephraim</a>, <sup>c</sup><a href="gen/48/17c" mark="c" type="P" title="HEB it was wrong in his eyes.">it</a> displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.
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And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this <i>is</i> the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
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And his father refused, and said, I know <i>it,</i> my son, I know <i>it:</i> he also shall become a people, and he also shall be <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/48/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="Josh. 17: 14.">great</a>: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/48/19b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Seed of Abraham.">seed</a> shall become a <sup>c</sup><a href="gen/48/19c" mark="c" type="A" title="Num. 1: 33.">multitude</a> of <sup>d</sup><a href="gen/48/19d" mark="d" type="C" title="D&C 45: 24 (24-25); TG Israel, Joseph, People of.">nations</a>.
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And he blessed them that day, saying, <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/48/20a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR Through thee.">In</a> thee shall Israel <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/48/20b" mark="b" type="D" title="Septuagint: be blessed.">bless</a>, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set <sup>c</sup><a href="gen/48/20c" mark="c" type="C" title="Jer. 31: 9; D&C 133: 34; TG Birthright.">Ephraim</a> before Manasseh.
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And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/48/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 46: 4.">God</a> shall be with you, and <sup>b</sup><a href="gen/48/21b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Israel, Bondage of, in Egypt.">bring</a> you again unto the <sup>c</sup><a href="gen/48/21c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Israel, Land of; TG Promised Lands.">land</a> of your fathers.
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Moreover I have given to thee one <sup>a</sup><a href="gen/48/22a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Inheritance.">portion</a> above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
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